About the hobby question, it depends on the interviewer. They can be so sure that they want to hire you and the hobby question is just to see if you share anything in common to them, so that you won't be a Milton at Initech.

actually even if u r and they despo they'd still hire u as long as u can work

(was it them TPS reports at Initech that drove ppl up the wall? )

rexis,

From my experience, the BEST indicator is who talk more. If interviewee / candidate talk more, no chance. If the interviewer talk more, you probably will get an offer.

Generally speaking, if the interviewer wants you, they will talk more and try to convince you to work for them.

However, I was NEVER a fresh grads. I graduated with 5 years worth of working experience. So, you need to adjust your expectation of my experience.

Dreamer

Those questions are actually pretty standard and part of the FAQ.

Look at them positively. It's a 'get to know each other' session. You are trying to find out more abt the employer while he/ she is doing the same, thus the interview. Like it or not, every job requires an interview - be it formal or informal.

Hahahahahahahaha who is this someone? It's weird! I don't see the connection and yes, maybe it's merely a coincidence. Asking abt your hobby they'll get to know whether you're an active or passive person. For example, you answered that you like to read, watch movies and surf the net etc then that shows you're not really active socially. On the other hand if you love travelling, jungle trekking, mountain climbing etc you're an active person who likes something challenging. Your hobby do make a difference and impression so don't think it's just 'passing-by' question. Your hobby reveals a lot abt you...

Think of how you can fit in to the organisation after your research.
Is there a particular division that of great interest to you?

Show both you're ambitious and well equipt for next move!

Rexis.
Subtlely, "if you ever say in 5 years time I gotta set up my own worm farm you will most likely failed your interview" can be translated to

=> Be in a position to deliver results which benefits both my employer - xxx/ customer and myself.

Show the confidence! Like how you took your wedding vows

i've been goin thru an interview which the boss only give me lecture instead of asking me question related to interview ... he critic me that all my previous job is less than 2 years ... after those lecture, he said he cant hire a person like me...

i was wondering, why at the first place he call me for interview since he isnt satisfied with my resume

he said i was being shortlisted shortlisted for being lecture or what?

some interviewer are too free. also i guess cos u r quite pretty la.

i feel like switching job. I am doing admin job now and feel like trying out marketing & sales. If I do not have experience, how to perform better in interview ? normally what questions will be ask for this case?

he claimed that i can learn a lot of task if i join his company but then he never really interview me... why waste time of giving lecture plus after that day, we arent goin to meet anyway

or maybe, uncle really loves to give lecture? no?

i came across many times where the interviewers asked me how many interviews have i attended so far and how many jobs i have applied for.

what should i tell them?

It would be difficult to grasp the marketing job if you have no experience nor basic. But you can venture into Sales first then perhaps slowly enter marketing at later stage.

It's fine, normally for Sales position, employers like to hire ppl from many diff backgrounds. You can honestly say that you have no experience whatsoever (to which I'm sure the interviewer already knows - looking at your resume) BUT you are willing to learn and work hard. Also mention you're willing to go the extra mile (something employers like to hear).

Typical Chinaman.

A friend went to this company for interview 1 year back. This man took a look at her resume and havent even give her the chance to speak nor introduce herself, he started with: "Fresh graduates nowadays ah bla bla bla bla bla don't appreciate what they have, and don't know the value of money bla bla bla think they are really good with the cert bla bla bla..."

I salute her for her patience.

I was asked "How many interviews have you gone through by far?" for one of my interview last year. I merely told the truth and I think it's best to be honest if we can.

And I replied them that I went through 3 that week (theirs being the 3rd). Then they asked whether I received any offer and I said, yes, one of them (which was indeed the truth). So with that, they tried to get out of me which company that offered me the job but I gave them vague answers and whatever I could answer (eg. location in xxx).

I was selected for the 2nd round but decided to go with the other company's offer XD

In any case, IF you have applied for 10 companies for the last 2 weeks, it would be better to say that you applied for 5. Do not make an impression that you are desperate.

thanks for the advice.

Wau... You are Awesome !! Cheer ....

Really helpful information.

Thanks.

hey guys,anyone here had attend interview at xcellink damansara for unix support specialist? mind to share with me because i get an interview next week..thank you..

In my opinion, i think no need to tell the interviewer that who will you dislike the most, because this will affect the impression of interviewee to the interviewer. No doubt that everybody has emotional feeling, however, we should find way to mitigate.

During the intereview being carried out, we should act seriously, but smile should be added at the right timing.

A word of advice, emotion will kill yu off in an interview.

Regards, Joey

I don't get it, why is this "dislike" thingy being mentioned all of a sudden? What is it about? Why would the interviewer ask something like that? And what sort of questions can the interviewer ask based on who you dislike the most?

interviewers might ask you, what kind of people you can't get along with. or how would you handle a situation where one of your team member is lazy and not contributing and irritates the hell out of everyone in the team including you.

basically for these kinda questions, i think dreamer mentioned before. just answer the interviewer that your objective is to get the job done, and you will find a way to get the job done regardless of whether you like the person or not.

It could be spun off as "No one in particular". It's how yu manipulate and twist the question. Sometimes it's the interviewer's tactic to test how yu can think and react spontaneously and instantaneously.

Regards, Joey



This post has been edited by Joey Christensen: Aug 5 2009, 09:32 AM

red queen/ joey>> thx for replying! I find that it's rational to answer the interviewer in any way you want as long as you don't mention anything negative. Simply put, it's relatively easy to provide the 'textbook' answer that the interviewer wants.

"I would confront him/ her and sort out the issues" "I have no problem getting along with various types of people" "I am a 'people' person" bla bla bla